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2016 Red Bull Air Race World Championship

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The 2016 Red Bull Air Race World Championship was the eleventh Red Bull Air Race World Championship series.

Aircraft and pilots

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Master Class

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Team No. Pilot Aircraft Rounds
Cristian Bolton Racing 5 Chile Cristian Bolton Zivko Edge 540 V2 7–8
Team Sonka 8 Czech Republic Martin Šonka Zivko Edge 540 V3 All
Breitling Racing Team 9 United Kingdom Nigel Lamb MX Aircraft MXS-R All
11 France Mikaël Brageot Master Mentoring Program
12 France François Le Vot Zivko Edge 540 V2 All
Team Chambliss 10 United States Kirby Chambliss Zivko Edge 540 V3 All
Team Spielberg 18 Czech Republic Petr Kopfstein Zivko Edge 540 V3 All
Matthias Dolderer Racing 21 Germany Matthias Dolderer Zivko Edge 540 V3 All
Hannes Arch Racing 22 22 Austria Hannes Arch[1] Zivko Edge 540 V3 1–6
Team Velarde 26 Spain Juan Velarde Zivko Edge 540 V2 All
Team Hamilton 27 France Nicolas Ivanoff Zivko Edge 540 V2 All
Team Falken 31 Japan Yoshihide Muroya Zivko Edge 540 V3 All
Peter Podlunšek Racing 37 Slovenia Peter Podlunšek Zivko Edge 540 V2 All
Team Garmin 84 Canada Pete McLeod Zivko Edge 540 V3 All
Matt Hall Racing 95 Australia Matt Hall MX Aircraft MXS-R 1–7
Team Goulian 99 United States Michael Goulian Zivko Edge 540 V2 All

Pilot changes

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Mid-season changes

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Challenger Class

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No. Pilot Rounds
33 France Mélanie Astles 2-8
77 Brazil Francis Barros 1–3
62 Germany Florian Bergér 1–2, 4–6, 8
5 Chile Cristian Bolton 1–5
48 United States Kevin Coleman 1–3, 5–8
6 Poland Luke Czepiela 1, 3–4, 6–8
24 United Kingdom Ben Murphy 1, 3–8
17 Sweden Daniel Ryfa 1–2, 4–6, 8

Pilot changes

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Race calendar and results

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The eight-event calendar for the 2016 season was announced on 16 December 2015.[3]

Round Country Location Date Fastest Qualifying Winning Pilot Winning Aircraft Winning Challenger Report
1  United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi 11–12 March Australia Matt Hall France Nicolas Ivanoff Zivko Edge 540 Sweden Daniel Ryfa report
2  Austria Red Bull Ring, Spielberg 23–24 April Spain Juan Velarde Germany Matthias Dolderer Zivko Edge 540 Germany Florian Bergér report
3  Japan Makuhari, Chiba 4–5 June cancelled Japan Yoshihide Muroya Zivko Edge 540 Chile Cristian Bolton report
4  Hungary Budapest 16–17 July cancelled Germany Matthias Dolderer Zivko Edge 540 Sweden Daniel Ryfa report
5  United Kingdom Ascot Racecourse, Ascot 13–14 August Germany Matthias Dolderer Australia Matt Hall MX Aircraft MXS United States Kevin Coleman report
6  Germany Lausitzring, Klettwitz 3–4 September United Kingdom Nigel Lamb Australia Matt Hall MX Aircraft MXS Germany Florian Bergér report
7  United States Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indiana 1–2 October Japan Yoshihide Muroya Germany Matthias Dolderer Zivko Edge 540 Poland Luke Czepiela report
8  United States Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas 15–16 October cancelled due to high winds report

Championship standings

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Master Class

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Master Class scoring system
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11–14th 
Points 15 12 9 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
Pos. Pilot ABU
United Arab Emirates
SPE
Austria
CHI
Japan
BUD**
Hungary
ASC
United Kingdom
LAU
Germany
IND
United States
LVG
United States
Points
1 Germany Matthias Dolderer 2 1 8 1 2 2 1 C 80.25
2 Australia Matt Hall 9 5 7 3 1 1 4 55.75
3 Austria Hannes Arch EX * 2 6 2 3 5 41
4 United Kingdom Nigel Lamb 11 3 4 6 6 10 2 C 37.75
5 France Nicolas Ivanoff 1 7 DNS 7 7 7 6 C 35
6 Japan Yoshihide Muroya 8 13 1 5 8 14 5 C 31.5
7 Czech Republic Martin Šonka DSQ 9 2 13 5 4 7 C 31
8 Canada Pete McLeod 7 4 12 9 13 3 3 C 30.5
9 United States Kirby Chambliss 5 6 3 4 9 8 DSQ C 30.25
10 United States Michael Goulian 6 10 13 10 4 6 10 C 19.75
11 Spain Juan Velarde 10 14 5 8 11 9 8 C 14.25
12 France François Le Vot 3 12 10 14 12 12 12 C 10
13 Slovenia Peter Podlunšek 12 8 11 11 10 13 11 C 4
14 Czech Republic Petr Kopfstein 13 11 9 12 14 11 9 C 4
15 Chile Cristian Bolton 13 C 0
Pos. Pilot ABU
United Arab Emirates
SPE
Austria
CHI
Japan
BUD
Hungary
ASC
United Kingdom
LAU
Germany
IND
United States
LVG
United States
Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Fastest Qualifying Pilot

* Arch finished 4th but was later excluded from the results; thus the points for 4th place were not awarded to any pilot.
** The final four wasn't held because of bad weather, 75% of points were awarded for this situation.

Challenger Class

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Challenger Class scoring system
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th 
Points 10 8 6 4 2 0
Pos. Pilot ABU
United Arab Emirates
SPE
Austria
CHI
Japan
BUD
Hungary
ASC
United Kingdom
LAU
Germany
IND
United States
LVG
United States
Drop Points
1 Germany Florian Bergér 3 1 4 2 1 C 10 28
2 Sweden Daniel Ryfa 1 3 1 5 4 C 6 26
3 United States Kevin Coleman 2 2 2 1 6 4 C 12 26
4 Poland Luke Czepiela 5 3 3 2 1 C 14 26
5 Chile Cristian Bolton 4 1 6 3 20
6 United Kingdom Ben Murphy 4 5 2 6 3 3 C 6 20
7 France Mélanie Astles 6 4 5 4 5 2 C 4 16
8 Brazil Francis Barros DSQ 5 6 2
Pos. Pilot ABU
United Arab Emirates
SPE
Austria
CHI
Japan
BUD
Hungary
ASC
United Kingdom
LAU
Germany
IND
United States
LVG
United States
Drop Points

References

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  1. ^ "Pilots". RedBullAirRace.com. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
  2. ^ "Bolton steps up to the Master Class". RedBullAirRace.com. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Two amazing new locations announced for the 2016 World Championship". RedBullAirRace.com. 16 December 2015. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
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